Alliance Public Schools Foundation
Funding of scholarships for graduates and grants for classroom projects.
Alliance Public Schools Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $656,404
- +21.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $124,890
- +7.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $19,439
- -2.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $46,969
- -5.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Alliance Public Schools Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Alliance Public Schools Foundation gives
- Giving fell 24% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2022) to $13K (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $5K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance Public Schools Alliance, NE | Education | $5,162 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $656,404 | $124,890 | $46,969 | — | — | $19,439 |
| 2024 | $541,262 | $116,390 | $49,635 | $5,162 | 1 | $19,861 |
| 2023 | $441,506 | $69,731 | $46,646 | — | — | $10,653 |
| 2022 | $384,212 | $96,160 | $52,400 | $2,838 | Total only | $9,934 |
| 2021 | $383,514 | $101,500 | $49,492 | $6,836 | 1 | $13,601 |
| 2020 | $317,848 | $39,486 | $56,520 | $12,953 | 1 | $6,909 |
| 2019 | $324,810 | $57,026 | $82,917 | — | — | $3,452 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Alliance Public Schools Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Alliance Public Schools Foundation is a public charity, based in Alliance, NE. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $656K in total assets. Net investment income was $19K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Alliance Public Schools Foundation is led by Jenny Lanik, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 11 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jenny Lanik
Executive Director
Director → Vice President, 2023
Vice President → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
$7K (2025)
Wendy Fritzler
President
President → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Morgan Wimmer
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Willard
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Owen Burnett
Director
Director → President, 2024
President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Wade
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Kulas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Pfeiffer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marissa Curtiss
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cara Wade
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Sperl
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (15)
- Former: Lori Watson (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Calvin Tolstedt (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Amy Varner (2019–2023) — Executive Di
- Former: Nate Lanik (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Jolene McGinnis (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Tim Garwood (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Thomas Elliott (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Amanda Hare (2019) — Director
- Former: Bob Jatzcek (2019) — Director
- Former: Charles Lierk (2019) — Director
- Former: Dave Ocken (2019) — President
- Former: Debbie Cover (2019) — Director
- Former: Kyle Cummings (2019) — Director
- Former: Linda Ocken (2019) — Director
- Former: Nathan Jaggers (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $7K, to Jenny Lanik (Exec DIR).
Frequently asked questions about Alliance Public Schools Foundation
How large is Alliance Public Schools Foundation?
Alliance Public Schools Foundation reported $656K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $125K.
Where does Alliance Public Schools Foundation operate?
Alliance Public Schools Foundation has awarded grants in Nebraska.
What is Alliance Public Schools Foundation's EIN?
Alliance Public Schools Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3517438. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 21, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
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